When covering Boston suspects, watch for fake social media accounts

As journalists cover the news unfolding in Boston, they’ve been searching for answers about the suspects. Some have reported information about the suspects’ apparent social media accounts in hopes of finding out more about them and their motives.

A better policy would be – to not believe anything you read, and only half of what you actually see.

The media has already failed to track down Sec. Janet Napolitano’s alleged comment in briefing a Congressional HS committee more than a year ago, about the U.S. being “less safe today” than we were before 9/11. The Mass. Congressman who is a member of that committee made the claim on live TV Monday night, and somehow – it just faded away.